Jani is envious of all the attention Bodhi has been getting. Cory only pays attention to Bodhi and ignores Jani. If Jani goes to Texas Susan and all the doctors will be focused on Bodhi, Jani is an after thought. If she stays behind with Cory she thinks he will finally pay attention to her because Susan and Bodhi are gone. (He won’t, he will expect her to stay in her room and not bother him.)
It’s a bit shocking that Phil didn’t offer the same services to Jani since it was acknowledged Susan is batshit and abusing Bodhi with meds. Obviously she’s done the exact same thing to Jani, in fact Jani was the first, She just tried to repeat the formula with Bodhi. But Jani was on Dr Phil years ago and he went along with all of the schizophrenia bullshit.
I think this is why Jani has been left out to dry. Anyone with a brain can see she’s severely over medicated too. She’s on all the same drugs Bodhi is, plus more, and has been so since she was younger than Bodhi. How that could be totally ignored and nothing offered to help her is very sad - and Jani feels the sting.
Jani told Mike that she thinks the meds are causing her to wet the bed. She’s watching everyone worry about Bodhi and all the meds he’s been taking. Meanwhile Susan is having her take fistfuls on antipsychotic daily. She must wonder why everyone is upset about Bodhi taking these meds, but not her.
Jani has tried very hard to be Susan’s good little pawn and do as she’s told on camera. Bodhi hasn’t tried to please Susan at all and he ended up with a TV show and trip to Texas! Jani was raised to think being on TV was what made her important, it got her lots of attention and it made her mom happy. Now it feels like Bodhi is the star and everyone is cares more about him even when she tried so hard to please Susan.
I’m sure Jani finds it all very confusing. She’s probably getting yelled at by irritated Screech and Cody because she’s desperate for their attention, but they are only worried about the media clusterfuck and Bodhi. Janis probably been told to be quiet and go play in her room fifty times this week.
Both kids are starved for love and affection so watching it all be doled out on Bodhi would be hard for Jani